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Deletion removes a track from a tape on-chain and frees its capacity for reuse. There is no soft-delete state or trash bin: a delete is a real on-chain operation, proven against the tape’s commitment with a Merkle proof (how tracks work).

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The delete command

Deletes a single track by address. Deleting needs the tape’s authority or its delegate; --tape targets a tape other than the active one.
Output

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Deleting named objects

tape object rm deletes by name instead of address. See objects.

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What deletion cannot do

Deleting a track removes the data from storage and serving, but it does not shorten history: the write remains part of the chain’s record. Deleting a track frees its capacity on the tape, but the reservation still runs to its expiry.